You may recall the story from 2003 of female surfer Bethany Hamilton who (following a run-in with a tiger shark), lost her left arm in the attack, only to overcome that life-changing injury and return to the waves less than a month after the incident.
It’s the kind of inspirational tale that screams out for a film adaptation and sure enough, the big screen version of her story went into production last year and the teaser trailer is now up on YouTube.
Soul Surfer stars Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s AnnaSophia Robb in the role of Hamilton, while Dennis Quaid and Helen Hunt co-star as her parents. The shark incident isn’t touched upon in the teaser, which I’m guessing the makers are consciously downplaying in the marketing of the film, as to avoid it becoming an off-putting Jaws Jr. for the intended family audience.
Maybe they should be looking into how it could play as a double bill alongside this year’s similarly themed limb loss/life affirmation tale, 127 Hours.
